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In stating the importance of being “large enough to be strong… and small enough to be free”, Carlo Sarzano, the founder of SARCAR Genève in 1948, was to carve out the trail for his brand over the coming years. Dedicated to cultivating superlative craftsmanship, it has made a speciality of prestigious limited editions.
An annual calendar is mid-way between a perpetual calendar and a simple calendar: it recognises days of 30 and 31 months, but it must be manually corrected once a year at the end of February. This complication, which has enjoyed phenomenal success, is a standout feature of Ulysse Nardin watches.
A watchmaking legend, all dressed in gold. Forty years after its creation, the Nautilus by Patek Philippe appears for the first time clad head-to-toe in pink gold. After paving the way for luxury watches in steel, it now lends itself with the greatest of ease to a more precious guise in a version without complications.
From shadow to light, from day to night: Charriol plays with contrasts while telling a most romantic tale. The wide bezel of this St-Tropez™ 35 GlamMoon is embellished with purple amethysts, pink sapphires and white diamonds set in delicately graded shades.
Rebellious, offbeat and even downright crazy, the singular hexagonal nut-design watch by Greco Genève steps things up another notch by adopting a fluorescent look. An original new iconic model in Les Temps Modernes collection whose stylistic inspiration stems from the masterful Modern Times film by the well-known artist, the LTM22t stands out in several ways.
Boasting a sporting pedigree thanks to a unidirectional rotating bezel, this is the first watch in the KonTiki collection to be fitted with a flyback chronograph movement which Eterna has developed and produced in-house.
The world time complication is among the specialities proposed by Andersen Genève. For 25 years, the brand has perpetuated the legacy of Louis Cottier, who in 1930 created the first World Time watch. The system has remained identical ever since: a ring around the dial is inscribed with city names.
First and foremost, this watch is all about its shape. Soft as a pebble, discreetly classical and yet so contemporary that one immediately senses that time will have no hold on its pink gold-robed curves. Next, one senses that this model is a state of mind, reflecting a certain vision of watchmaking focusing on essentials so as to give pride of place to reliability.
Leroy demonstrates the full measure of its expertise with the Automatic Tourbillon Regulator. A large flying tourbillon freely orbits at its summit, unobstructed by any bridge. Its heart is in diamond with an openworked structure.
Colour reigns supreme in the Big Bang Tutti Frutti watch that reinvents itself by appearing in several of linen’s seemingly infinite range of shades. To shape the case and dial of this Big Bang Tutti Frutti Linen, Hublot has developed a unique hand-crafted linen fibre weave, dyed and coated with a transparent composite material.
Heir to a longstanding tradition, Carl F. Bucherer once again demonstrates its considerable horological expertise. With the automatic movement equipped with a peripheral oscillating weight, the watchmakers of the Lucerne-based company achieved a major breakthrough in the field of technical innovations.
Renowned for its avant-garde creations and distinctive aesthetic, rebel watchmaker ArtyA embraces a delicate, poetic mood. All eyes turn to the dial of the Butterfly watch, a kaleidoscope of butterfly wing fragments enhanced with gold leaf.
It gives us great pleasure to introduce Sherman. He's quite a cute little robot, but to be frank, Sherman doesn't do very much. He doesn't do very much at all.
Diamonds on the horizon? The sea is never so beautiful as when evoked by Chopard. Playfully and joyfully sparkling as they dip and bob across the foam, Happy Diamonds lead us on a merry dance embracing multi-facetted maritime delights. They radiate an original and powerfully poetic strength extolling the colourful wonders of a far-off paradise.
Equipped with a Manufacture Breitling dual timezone movement, the Bentley GMT B04 S chronograph makes a strong comeback in a 250-piece limited series with a carbon case and dial. A fine tribute to Bentley’s competitive feats both past and present.
HYT piles on innovative concepts and enjoys shattering established conventions. This Skull Bad Boy embodies the essence of HYT in a provocative, unique model based on a strong concept backed by the fluid mechanics that have become the brand signature.
The flyback function is a means of timing a second interval when the chronograph hand is still running and without having to stop the counters first, simply by pressing the reset pusher. This sophisticated mechanism, which in its most noble form incorporates a column wheel, is brought to us by the new Manero Flyback.
The new 1966 Skeleton invites us on an enchanted journey into the mechanics of time. The large 13¼ lignes (30 mm) movement has been skeletonised with the stylistic imperative of creating a perfect visual balance.
The spectacular and flamboyant Serpenti Incantati once again puts our ability to resist to temptation to a stern test. In this original interpretation of the snake theme, Bvlgari teams the sensual curves of the legendary reptile according to an entirely revised and redesigned aesthetic.
Breguet provides a world-preview showing of its new feminine creation, a model from the Classique collection featuring one of the most romantic horological complications: the moon phase. This discreet yet remarkable white gold watch with finely fluted caseband frames as Grand Feu enamel dial betokening significant mastery of traditional techniques.
The new Cumbere Tourbillon is undoubtedly the most avant-garde watch in the entire Swiss watch business. Well-known industry maverick Yvan Arpa, founder of the independent ArtyA brand, unleashes a one-of-a-kind model with a powerful character.
Horological Machine No6 SV (SV for “Sapphire Vision”) adds an extra three-dimensional layer to the biomorphic beauty of the HM6 ‘Space Pirate’ by revealing the mechanical marvels of the unique Engine within.
A sleeping beauty returns to the fore. A pioneer from the time of its creation in the late nineteenth century, Angelus has set numerous milestones in the history of Swiss watchmaking, such as its famous travel clocks that display their various indications on multiple dials.
For a classically sized 40mm wristwatch, Legacy Machine 101 (LM101) covers a lot of ground. Or to be more precise, LM101 covers a lot of time: over 100 years between inspiration and realisation.
The Bentley B05 Unitime worldtime chronograph is back on the road in an all-black new livery, teamed with an original crocodile leather and rubber strap. A 500-piece limited series with a Manufacture Breitling calibre delivering unprecedented user-friendliness.
In a world preview, Breguet unveils its pre-Basel highlight for 2016, a classique timepiece adorned with one of the most poetic complications in watchmaking: the moon phase. The Classique Phase de Lune Dame 9088 takes its place among the brand’s timeless women’s watches.
Tourbillon Skeleton is a new timepiece specially designed to highlight its technical prowess. An elite circle of watch Manufactures are capable of producing a tourbillon. With Tourbillon Skeleton, the skeletonizing of the tourbillon compounded the technical challenge for Armin Strom.
Flowing forward on a crest of innovation, the latest Ulysse Anchor Tourbillon brings with it a cascade of sapphire hues. Inspired by the depths of the sea, Ulysse Nardin delights with the timepiece’s genuine translucent blue enamel dial.
The Ulysse Nardin Skeleton timepiece is a transparent beauty, where the inner workings become the art form. It shares its fluid network of positive and negative space intertwined ever so delicately with its wearer.
Breitling is introducing its famous Navitimer in a 1000-piece limited edition with a dark gray dial featuring black counters and a Manufacture Breitling caliber equipped with a black oscillating weight. The new face of a watchmaking and aviation legend.